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Attendees, minutes, proposals, reports, and other information that made up the business of General Council 44.
In 2018, the General Council Executive approved a motion (GCE 13 - PMM 15) to extend The Living Apology Project, to report to the spring 2020 meeting of the Executive of the General Council. Due to COVID-19 this was extended to the fall of 2020.
We, the Iridesce Working Group, offer the following recommendations to the General Secretary for action in response to the Final Report of Iridesce: The Living Apology Project.
The Board of Vocation is the elected body that oversees the Office of Vocation, honouring and living into intercultural mission and ministry.
The Manual of The United Church of Canada, 2023 edition, effective January 1 - December 31, 2023.
For more accountability on the work of the General Council Office for the triennium of the 44th General Council please see the reports to the Executive of the General Council and the two Annual Meetings of the 44th General Council at. You can explore the outcomes of specific pieces of work on the tracking sheet below.
Minutes of the Executive for 2022-2025 up to November 2024.
In May 2021, the world witnessed the impact of direct armed violence and indirect systemic violence on the people of Palestine and Israel. This proposal is in response to the explicit call for justice by Christians in Palestine, including United Church partners there.
Our Palestinian partners are calling on the United Church of Canada and other ecumenical partners to stand in solidarity with their suffering and to listen to their cries for a just peace by taking action on the requests from Kairos Palestine.
The proposal Towards Peace in Palestine and Israel: A Call to Costly Solidarity (PMM20), adopted by the Executive of the 42nd General Council called for a process to review the church’s policy on Palestine and Israel in light of the changing context and partner calls for solidarity.
